The Newest Level 50

Monty AshleyFriday, March 01, 2013

wo weeks ago, Gerry Thompson got the first Pro Tour Top 8 of his career. And that gave him enough points to make Level 50 in Planeswalker Points! How rare is that? So rare that only eight people have done it:

Here's the complete list, the "Top 8," if you will:

Worldwide Rank

Name

Planeswalker Points

Level

1

Shuhei Nakamura

76,457

50 (Archmage)

2

Raphael Levy

71,885

50 (Archmage)

3

Olivier Ruel

68,158

50 (Archmage)

4

Bram Snepvangers

55,474

50 (Archmage)

5

Tomoharu Saito

54,087

50 (Archmage)

6

Gerard Fabiano

53,697

50 (Archmage)

7

Antoine Ruel

52,890

50 (Archmage)

8

Gerry Thompson

50,190

50 (Archmage)

Ninth place currently belongs to Martin Juza, with 49,104 points.

But we're here to talk about Gerry! How did he get so many points? Well, by being very good at Magic and playing in a lot of giant tournaments where he did well. Obviously. But to be more specific, here are the tournaments where he got the most points: